The Duty Pharmacy Manager is responsible for leading the pharmacy team, ensuring safe and effective dispensing, maintaining professional and legal standards, and delivering excellent customer service. The role typically requires a GPhC-registered pharmacist with relevant UK pharmacy experience, strong clinical knowledge, and the ability to manage people and operations. Candidates are expected to demonstrate sound leadership, commercial awareness, excellent communication, and a commitment to patient safety. They should be organised, approachable, able to work collaboratively with store colleagues, and comfortable supporting business performance. As this is a part-time position in Didcot, flexibility to work agreed shifts, including some weekends, is likely to be required.
Tesco is one of the United Kingdom’s largest retailers, serving millions of customers through supermarkets, convenience stores, online shopping, and a growing range of services. Founded in 1919, the company sells groceries, general merchandise, clothing, and pharmacy products. Tesco pharmacies provide prescription services, medicines advice, health checks, and support for customers managing ongoing health needs. The business employs a large workforce across stores, distribution centres, offices, and digital operations. Tesco places emphasis on customer service, inclusion, colleague development, responsible sourcing, and convenient access to everyday products and healthcare. A Pharmacy Manager working for Tesco combines professional pharmacy responsibilities with the operational and leadership expectations of a busy retail environment.
The United Kingdom offers opportunities in healthcare, retail, technology, engineering, finance, logistics, education, and hospitality, with London, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Bristol, and Oxfordshire among major employment areas. British culture is diverse and generally values punctuality, privacy, polite communication, and personal independence. Lifestyle ranges from busy city living to quieter towns and countryside, with strong public transport in many areas, although housing can be expensive. The UK has a temperate climate and four distinct seasons. Citizens of many countries need a visa to work; common routes include the Skilled Worker visa, Health and Care Worker visa where eligible, and family or study routes. Applicants normally need sponsorship, an eligible occupation, and proof of salary and English ability. Before relocating, arrange accommodation, a National Insurance number, banking, healthcare registration, and professional recognition such as GPhC registration for pharmacy roles.
Make sure pop-ups and redirects are enabled in your browser settings.
Ooops
Something went wrong, a few job details could not be loaded but you can still apply directly below:
Fetching job details, please wait...